A - Human Necessities – 61 – G
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
G
A61G 1/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2097005
13 PATIENT SUPPORT DEVICE ABSTRACT Disclosed herein is a patient support device (140) comprising a flexible support means, the support means having a pair of ends each of which includes a pair of hand holds (140b), the hand holds being formed by an aperture (204) which is dimensioned to receive the palm of a user's hand when lifting a patient and flap means (206) hinged to one edge of the aperture permitting the flap means to engage the palm of the user's hand when lifting a patient, each of the hand holds being aligned with a respective hand hold so that, during use, the flap means may be nested together to form an integral handle with a folded cross section, the support means being formed of reinforced sheet material having sufficient rigidity to enable the integral handle to resist collapse, the support means being dimensioned to position the hand holds above a floor surface in order to minimize discomfort experienced by a user when lifting a patient.
Farrow Clarence E.
Gastle James E.
Gastle Thomas H.
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